• Denver’s Museum of Nature & Science, the Denver Zoo and the Denver Botanic Gardens• Seven Falls, Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs• Pearl Street Mall and the Celestial Seasonings Tea Company factory in Boulder• Brewery tours and Old Town’s shops and restaurants in Fort Collins

Still haven’t packed enough into your Colorado vacation? Make time to see some of the great Colorado mountain attractions — tour a ghost town near Aspen, sail above the mountains in a balloon over Breckenridge, rock out at a music festival in Telluride, check out the nightlife scene in Vail and try your luck at a casino in Black Hawk, Central City or Cripple Creek.

Or throw out the map and stumble onto a geologic wonder, a meandering river or a Rocky Mountain vista to fill your camera’s memory card — some of the best attractions in Colorado are our natural lands.